2008 EFS^® System Conference Registration

21st Annual EFS® System Conference
The Peabody Hotel
Memphis, TN
June 10-11, 2008
(Held in conjunction with the 28th Triennial USDA Universal Cotton Standards Conference)

Cotton Achievement Award

Each year at its EFS^® System Conference, Cotton Incorporated presents the Cotton Achievement award to a forward-thinking individual in the cotton industry, who in conjunction with Cotton Incorporated, has advanced the marketing of USDA High Volume Instrument Testing and the EFS^® System, to increase cotton profit.

Past recipients of the Cotton Achievement Award include:
Vern C. Tyson, National Textiles, LLC (2006); John Mitchell, Cargil (2005); Dr. Hal Lewis of Scientific Seends, Inc.(2004); Southworth F. Bryan of Avondale Mills, Inc. (2003); Anderson D. Warlick of Parkdale Mills, Inc (2002); George Perkins, Jr. of Frontier Spinning Mills (2001); Jerry D. Rowland of National Textiles (2000); Woods Eastland and Patricia Hodges of Staple Cotton Cooperative Association (1999); George Herron of Dan River Mills (1998), Jerome Boyd of the USDA, AMS cotton division (1997), Frank Garnier of Fieldcrest Cannon (1996); Jim Chesnutt of Harriet and Henderson (1995), Chess Howard of Graniteville (1994); Duke Kimbrell of Parkdale Mills (1993), C.L. Boggs of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (1992); and Jesse Moore of the USDA (1991) .

The papers presented at the conference each year are bound, titled "EFS^® System Conference Proceedings" and are made available to attendees of the following year's EFS^® System Conference. Conference papers are also offered online at this web site as they become available from each speaker following each conference.